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I’m rich. Like filthy, stinkin’, people are jealous of me rich and I’m spoiled.

Yes, I see that stack of ginormous bills on my desk. And my furniture has holes in it and my cars are over 7 years old, but I’m rich. Abundantly blessed by all the luxuries I have.

I have a roof over my head that does not leak during freakish Southern California storms.

I have a refrigerator full of food and a pantry full of snacks that will add to that baby weight I’ve been carrying for 5 years.

I have a closet full of clothes I don’t wear.

I have clean water to drink…

Thirst Relief Doc Trailer from Anton Lorimer on Vimeo.

I am so excited to be a part of the Thirst Relief Mentor Auction this year. Thirst Relief is an organization whose mission is to “overcome death and disease resulting from the consumption of contaminated water by providing safe, clean drinking water to those in need around the world.”

Each year, they partner with ShootQ, and ask some amazing photographers to donate some of their time for an auction. People get to bid on their favorite photographers for a one on one 90 minute or so mentoring session and 100% of the proceeds directly benefits Thirst Relief International.

Now I find myself completely honored to be on the auction block and crossing my fingers in the hopes that someone, anyone, bids on me. To sweeten the pot, not only do you get to spend 90 minutes with me (either at WPPI 2010 or in the Orange County(ish) area), and lunch on me, I’ve included a very rare 2010 Guest Pass to ALL the SoCal PhotogShootout Events for the winner.

So, go digging in those couch cushions and car ashtrays and skip a few Starbucks trips, I know times are hard for all (I’m still ignoring that stack of bills…), but for some who lack even the most basic necessities, it could change their lives. If you can’t bid, you can still help by spreading the word –facebook, twitter, blog, whatever. Just get the word out!

The auction goes live on February 16th and 17th. You can sign up to be notified by clicking HERE.

Please bid on me, so I don’t have to force my mom to…

Being one of the ones in charge of the SoCal PhotogShootout, I don’t really get to lead any groups, so when the San Diego Shootout Bosses asked me to lead a group, I was super excited, but I still didn’t really lead.

Let me explain. One of the catalysts of starting the Shootout group was my need to practice various techniques I’d heard or read about. I wasn’t going to jump in and try wireless flash at a wedding reception during an actual wedding without actually knowing how to use it–call me crazy or a control freak…or both.

So instead of being a constant talking head for my groups, I encouraged them to take the lead, practice something they wanted to practice and ask questions as needed. Which made for a pretty silent group I’ll tell ya. Even though silence is uncomfortable at times, you’ve gotta accept that sometimes silence is okay.

The event was held at the San Dieguito Heritage Museum and it had an old gas station used for movie sets, a general store, a hut and my station –which was a fence and a motor home. Yup. I’m NOT joking. More details below. It was an awesome location (despite the motor home) and the San Diego Bosses, Yvonne LeBrun & Stephen Knuth planned a fabulous event!

I was honored to work beside the following amazing leaders in the industry:

Jeff and Betsey McCue, Garrett Delph, Evan Bishop, Scott Anderson, and Lawrence Chan (our speaker).

My models, Devon and Taj were hot and laughed at my jokes cause I’m funny. Seriously, I am.

One of the biggest challanges for my first groups was the harsh sun, but we worked with and around it!

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Here is one of my groups getting the shot below.Check out the awesome motor home.
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One of the fun things about a shootout is trying new things. I don’t do a lot of post processing when I am working for a client, but for shootouts, I get to play.
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I snuck in a shot of models from another group. They were too cute for words.
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FAVORITE!

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During the free for all, I caught a few shots of my model with someone else’s model.
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And my friend Jen Johnson and I figured we could totally do the modeling thing.

If you are new to my blog, you may have no idea what the PhotogShootout actually is. I encourage you to go to the top search bar and type in “photogshootout” and familiarize yourself with our events. If you are interested in getting to know your camera better, learn from photography leaders, meet people, build your portfolio, etc. my group, the SoCal PhotogShootout can be found on Facebook.

Out next event is this week. February 11th and the event sold out in 2 minutes. If you didn’t get a ticket and you want one, well, you’ve come to the right place. FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS ALERT(Click HERE if you have no idea what that means): I am giving away ONE ticket for Thursday’s event. But I need to see how BADLY you want it and I’m gonna make you work for it this time. In the comment box below, you need to write a poem or song that includes the words: SoCal PhotogShootout, Hanssie, Matt and photography. I will pick my favorite (with some help from Matt, my husband and my 5 year old probably) and the winner will be announced Tuesday AM.

And to ensure a spot to all of 2010’s SoCal PhotogShootout events, go to http://thirstrelief.shootq.com/
I’ll be blogging more about that next week.

Happy poem/song writing!

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